Definition of: croquet

(krō·kā′) noun
1. An outdoor game played by knocking wooden balls through a series of wire arches by means of mallets.
2. The act of croqueting.
—v.i. cro·queted (krō·kād′), cro·quet·ing (krō·kā′ing) In croquet, to drive one's opponent's ball away from its objective by placing one's own ball in contact with it and striking the latter sharply, keeping it in position with the foot. [<AF croquet, var. of crochet. See CROCHET.]